Friday, February 13, 2009

Bhapa Ji's First Barsi

I have very fond memories of Sardar Pritam Singh Kasad affectionately known to us as Bhapa Ji. He was a very lively and bright person. I have opportunity of first knowing him in Brantford, Ontario. He was a great poet and many of his poems still resounds in our mind. He was the centre of attention in all of our gatherings. Everybody listened to him very intently.

One incident that always come back to my mind is that during our last visit to India, Vaishali Travels made our arrangements for visiting Varanasi. On reaching Varanasi, when we found that the hotel is not what Vaishali Travels has arranged for, we called Bhapa Ji back in Delhi. He asked us to wait for fifteen minutes. Guess what. In just five minutes, his contacts started calling us and very quickly, we were moved to the best hotel in the town. He definitely carried a long stick also in the travel industry of India. We would remember him for a very long time.

Vinod Ghai

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Books Written By Pritam Singh Kasad

November-1956- Aazadi De Vedi tei- A collection of Patoitic poems.

November-1958- Jaag Manukhata Jaag- A collection of Social reform poems

April-1961 - Kesri Nishan- A collection of religious poems.

January- 1986 - Kharag Khalsa-A collection of religious poems.

1990 - Rutan de Parchawe-A collection of romantic and social poems.



This list is uncomplete,will update later.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Tribute by Ujjal Sahni

DEAR RAMPI,TKS FOR THIS MAIL.I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS BLOG.
IT IS REALLY ENCOURGING.I DONT FIND SUITABLE WORDS TO DESCRIBE PAPAJI PERSONALITY.

I THINK IT IS BEYOND THE WORDS OF IMAGINATION.WE CAN OFCOURSE FIND WORDS LIKE CARING,KIND,LOVABLE,HARD WORKER,RELIGIOUS,TOP MOST POET ETC BUT I THINK IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THESE WORDS.I WILL TRY TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH I HAVE.

BEST REGARDS, UJJAL

Tribute by Kanwal in a poem.

Tu sanu zindagi den wala o Kaasad
Tu saade to zindagi jeen da gumaan le gaya

Tennu kis gali ja ke dhoonda main
Tu har gali to apne pairaan de nishan le gaya

Tere kine albele geet ne kaasad
Kine sohne kine albele

ohna nu gaan da jee karda e kaasad
Par tu ta halak to saadi zubaan le gaya

Tenu main palkaan ich basana si kaasad
Sawere palkaan kholi ta tenu mukti da nasha le gaya

Hun os Khuda to ki mangiye
Oh di letti cheez wapas nahi hondi

Par patri to utaran de baad vi
rail gaddi di rukkan di chaah nahi hondi

Asi vi tere wang zinderi nibhawange
Tu e wada le ka ja Kaasad

Tu ta sare wade todh ke
Sari zindagi de armaan le gaya

Tribute by Aman and Harjas

Today is a really gloomy day for all of us and a day we will always remember. Pritam Kasad Singh Sahni was a great poet and a great man. We all used to call him by the name papaji. He was a very thoughtful,religious, and helpful man. Papaji never thought about himself and he always thought about others which is a very good thing. The thing that surprise me the most is that the day he died it was snowing in Tokyo which is pretty amazing. Me and Aman were both crying hard when he had died.

Me and Aman had lots of good times with papaji and out of all of those we selected something that we remember. Aman used to go walking with papaji in Senzoku lake when papaji was in Japan. She and papaji used to make sand castles together on the playground and they really enjoyed. Me and papaji used walk in Nishikoyama together. I still remember whenever i told papaji to walk faster, he always told me that once we get to the end of the road we will pick up the pace. Once we go to the end of the road he started saying left, right, left, right, left, right and we started marching. Usually we did that the whole way back. Another thing remember is me, papaji, and my dad used to watch movies together in the house. One time me and Aman were walking together in Japan. After walking a lot we went in this store to buy something to eat. We both were only allowed buy one thing and we were suppose to share. Then suddenly me and Aman had gotten in an argument she wanted something else and so did I. Papaji at that time had broken the argument and said whatever I choose is the one you both will eat.

Those were some good memories when papaji and chaiji came to Japan. We don't know where papaji could be right now. His soul could be roaming around the place and watching us. Maybe he is in his next life somewhere in this world. We both loved him from the core of our hearts and we will continue to do so where ever he is.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Bhapa Ji's first Barsi

Time just flies by. It is one year since our respected Bhapa Ji left for his heavenly abode leaving many nice memories, his art of poetry for his family and fans almost all across the world. He was a mentor for many people. He was an optimist, always willing to help others, solve other people's problem. It was his passion to be asked to do something for somebody else. He respected others and was respected by many many of his relatives and friends. I am so proud, I am related to such a person. Navtej Singh

Friday, February 6, 2009

Some Of His Work

Kitna Haseen Zindagi Meri
Kitna Haseen Zinda...
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Hai Kilmil Di Jaari
Hai Kilmil Di Jaar...
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Gulab Di Eh Kaliye
Gulab Di Eh Kaliye...
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Eh Kaun Khushnaseeb Hai
Eh Kaun Khushnasee...
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Chadya Rang Manjeeth Da
Chadya Rang Manjee...
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First Death Anniversary of Papa ji.

Today is the first death anniversary of Papaji,though I hate to think that he died,as I feel he is very much alive in my memories and in my dreams. I cannot
count but I have seen in my dreams almost every week, all this year.Day before yesterday, I saw him saying that Jhai ji is not feeling well and he wants to see her.He was concerned about his family always that I think he still is taking
care of us and thinking about us.

In my other dream he was concerned about my company as he was the Md of company he was saying me if he dies then make this person your partner in the company. There are not many people in this world,who are remembered by so many people but Papa ji was a rare person,who is still talked and remembered, not by his immediate family but by so many friends and acquaintances.

The other day I was talking to my transporter Shankar in India and I saw tears in his eyes and he said Papa ji used to hear about his troubles and always gave his sincere and positive advice to him and he owes all his success to Papaji. Whoever met him only once still remembers about his humility.

I also remember when He came to Japan alone and It was beginning of my career,we used to go for long walks and he used to encourage me to be positive,which helped me a lot in that stage of my career. When I first came to Japan his letters were full of encouragement and they were so precious for me.

He was full of life and I have never seen him sad and in spite of so much pain, he used to say thik hai. The jokes about poets he used to tell all of us are still fresh in my mind and whenever I narrate them to my friends,they appreciate his sense of humor.

His life was full of struggle but he never complained, instead set an example for others and selflessly worked for other peoples welfare.There are so many people who are benifited by his vision and one of the example is Ajit Garh plots,which he persuaded everybody to buy.

I sometimes feel that I am so lucky that I was born to Papaji and Jhai ji. As Jhai ji always say that it is because of the Naam we recited in our last birth that we got this birth and I also feel that it was my good luck or good work done in my past birth that I had Papa ji as myfather and I still feel that he is with me and will always be with me.



Rampi

Thursday, January 15, 2009

I have taken this piece from my own blog which I started,though I could not write much in my own blog but I wrote about my father in my first blog.I am repeating the same in this blog also

There are so many things happening in my life these days,I thought it is better to write about them.I lost my Father in this February,and it seems there is a big vacuum in my life now.When I heard the news of his death Was stunned and shocked because I talked to him one day earlier on telephone and he said he is fine and feeling good.He had a saintly death the next day,after having breakfast he had a silent heart attack and even my mother who was sleeping near him,could not know about it.All my life I haven't seen a selfless person like him whose main aim of life was to work for others.Our lives were so influenced by him that we still hear his voice and feel that he is near us.He was so dedicated and sincere to his family,religion,relatives and everybody who came for his help.He was so lively and we always used to hear his jokes.He didn't have any ego and whatever was taught by the Gurus he practiced it.We were surprised to see his social circle, as many as 2000 people attended his funeral and last rites.Many people couldn't know about his death and came to pay their respects later on.He was such a towering personality that life has become meaning less for all of us.When ever we meet,we are always talking about him.It is difficult to forget him but he has taught us to be positive in all conditions.All my life I haven't seen him complaining about anything and he worked really hard to raise us and his brothers family.When I was born he was doing his Masters and he passed it in first division.He was so caring that everybody used to call him for their work and he will never say that it isn't possible,instead will say it will be done and he had the ability to get it done. My first blog is about my father and I think my next many blogs will also be about him as I want to write as much as I can about him.

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